Census of Canada 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981

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Reference ID

CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Canada, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Occupation, 1981 of wife or single female parent (CA1981A_0461)

Data file: CAN1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 323

End: 324

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 31-46 were asked of persons age 15+, per question 30.]

Note: Questions 41 to 44 refer to your job or business last week. If none, answer for your job of longest duration since January 1, 1980. If you held more than one job last week, answer for the job at which you worked the most hours.

43. a. What kind of work were you doing? ________

For example, accounting clerk, safes representative, civil engineer, secondary school teacher, chief electrician, metal worker.

(b) In this work, what were your most important activities or duties? ________

For example, verifying invoices, selling electrical tools, managing the research department, reaching mathematics, supervising construction electricians, operating lathe. (If in the Armed Forces give rank.)

Categories

Value	Category
1	Managerial, administrative and related occupations
2	Occupations in natural sciences, engineering and mathematics
3	Occupations in social sciences and related fields
4	Teaching and related occupations
5	Occupations in medicine and health
6	Artistic, literary, recreational and related occupations
7	Clerical and related occupations
8	Sales occupations
9	Service occupations
10	Farming, horticultural and animal hunsbandry occupatiosn
11	Other primary occupations
12	Processing occupations
13	Machining and product fabricating, assembling and repairing occupations
14	Construction trades occupations
15	Transport equipement operating occupations
16	Other occupations
99	NIU (not in universe)

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the occupation of the wife or single female parent in a census family.

Universe

Persons in census families not headed by male lone parents

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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